<p>^I’m 19 (would be 20 in October, so not long after transferring), but I’d like my own room.</p>
<p>IDK, I just like my own space. I like to keep my stuff clean/neat, and I don’t want to risk getting a roommate who is messy or something. I like my privacy too at times, haha.</p>
<p>I don’t understand why anyone, adult or child, would want to share a bedroom with someone, unless it was significantly cheaper. You have roommates in the apartment, why would you want them in your bedroom?</p>
<p>You guys sound like a bunch of brats. I’d be totally okay with either a singles or doubles. Doesn’t matter. I’m just happy to have been accepted to the uni…</p>
<p>So, wanting your own space makes you a brat? FYI guys, I live in San Diego, and there are plently of rooms to rent for way cheaper off campus. And even if you find one that is not quite a walkable distance, the bus is free with your student ID. And its usally great weather for biking! I plan to rent a room off campus and bike in…</p>
<p>I grew up sharing a room with 4 siblings. So forgive me if at the age of 23 I refuse to share a 14x14 room with another human being for 8 hours a day.</p>
<p>I think the complaint is that there is practically no discount for doubles. Students in a double pay 93% of what students in a single pay, which means UCSD is making nearly twice the profit on the doubles.</p>
<p>Singles should cost more, or doubles should cost less. $11,000 for a school year is already steep when you can easily find a room in an apartment for $700/month (and often less). With that in mind, singles ought to cost the current $10,855, and doubles should cost $7,855 or so. </p>
<p>I refuse to pay nearly the same price to get significantly less.</p>
<p>^ That sounds fair to me. Perhaps that could also make demand for singles go down, as some would see the price increase and say, well, I could live with a double.</p>
<p>I wonder if they would allow me to live on the “regular” student resident halls. I wouldn’t mind getting a triple room either even if it is with freshmen. Not so worried about others getting in my space. I’m just kinda bummed that I might have to stay at the Village with everyone being older than I am. I’m only 19 now so it would be kinda nice not having to be the young one anymore seeing as most people in my classes at CC were older than I was. As one of my friends put it “75% of the women at RCC are pregnant and the other 25% already have kids -__-”. What’s so bad about sharing a room with others? I for one, just need a place to sleep and a place to take showers at.</p>
<p>^if that’s all you need, a beater car and a membership to 24 hour fitness should suffice, and cost far less.</p>
<p>^^No, but really, what else am I to look forward to in a dorm room? You tell me because I’ve never really lived on my own yet.</p>
<p>Might as well get some new friends out of the whole deal. You don’t really have too many close friends if you’ve been switching schools since kindergarten every few years like I have.</p>
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<p>you’re still not living on campus though.</p>
<p>I know. What’s why I advocated a $1500 extra charge for on-campus doubles, and $4500 extra for on-campus singles.</p>
<p>Yeah, not to sound like a dick, but I really don’t care about the money (and this is MY money, I’m not a trust fund baby.) I just want to live on campus, in a single room, period.</p>
<p>Posted my previous message from my iPhone. “What’s why” should have been “That’s why.”</p>
<p>You guys are forgetting that the total amount you pay includes utilities and a meal plan. I am not saying the meal plan should cover all food expenses but I feel like this is quite a deal to live on campus in an apartment. The price you pay for the convenience I believe is worth it.</p>
<p>It includes a $2,200 meal plan that only works at certain facilities at UCSD, all of which have fairly high prices. Given a choice, I’d keep my $2,200 and spend it where I’d like. I don’t really feel like the $2,200 is actually worth that much when you factor in the prices.</p>
<p>Still, let’s consider it. A single currently costs $10,855. Removing the $2,200 meal plan leaves us with $8,655–the cost for the room alone.</p>
<p>You can easily find a private bedroom near UCSD for $700. That’s $6,300 per year, leaving $2,355 to use for food wherever you like.</p>
<p>Am I missing anything? At worst UCSD is the same price, and at best, it’s much cheaper to live off campus–I’ve seen a number of people listing living rooms for rent as bedrooms for $400, and that $2,355 can probably get you far more food from Costco than $2,200 dining dollars will from a UCSD market.</p>
<p>Like I said convenience of living on campus. You also forgot to factor in utilities such as electricity, gas, water, sewage, trash, internet, cable.</p>
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<p>To be honest, i probably won’t even use all of that $2,200 meal plan. I think the meal plan is stupid. </p>
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<p>I’m really the same way. Money isn’t a problem and i really want to live on campus.</p>
<p>Food is really expensive on campus just fyi. My friend that lives at the village said most of the people are starting to get close to running out and its only week 2 of spring quarter lol (running out of the total they got for the year, not like they ran out of their spring quarter allowance in 2 weeks).</p>
<p>It’s not that expensive. I’ve had classes there and eaten at the dining halls plenty of times. I used to get a big thing of soup and a glass of juice for around $3.</p>